The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-05
5H=EE10DRtBDB= DIVORCE
How / Some Rague Cleared
! $500. q e.
HOW ALBEE WAS MADESINGHE.
HOW ALBEE WAS MADESINGHE.
A Bold SwindIe Exposed bv Two
Wives Claiming Their Dead Hus-
bands Property.

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E9eryoue will remember the IN siodor,
Gus divorce business IN which one
Charles F. BIandin and one or two
other legal sbysters were engaged two
or three years. back; how Chat business
was nipped in the bud by THs HEEALD's
exposure OF it; how Blapdiif vas dis
barred from practicing Al the Utah
courts. - il
Biandin's game was to procure di=
vorces for nonresident couples. who
never had any idea of Irving in Utah.
The.statute requires that the complains
ing party, at least, IN a divorce suit,
must be a bona fda resident Of the Ter
'ritory. i = > :. =.
This little difficulty Mr.. Blanainl got
over By having his clients swear that
they either were, had been '-or intended
to become, citizens OF the Territory. III
THE WHOLE THING WENT juf TIE FnUNB
when Judge Smith sat down and posi-
lively declared thstthsparties must be
brought before HMM person. As far
as known that was. the last of that kind
of divorce business. d. =
TIE HERALD. gave the names of a
number of parties for. WHOM Blandid
w as Iabering at the time; they, Were
either wives who wanted to be freed
from their husbands. or husbands who.
Rantedsto DE released from their wives.
or both lwites and husbands who nu-!
tuafiy longed TO ;be diseulbarrSssed of
each other'sss society once, more. = i rfI.
There were q pumber OF leases then
in which Blandifi was fthe lawyer
" l1Hse names were not learned. One OF
these came to light feeently under
circQmsfances that to saythe least, are
.pesulier. = - l'5Fre'-. iz@
On september 10th, 1883, Nj. sBlapdin
at the County Court H9u.e and
filed a divorce complaint with the.
clerk; the title Of the suit was Seth VI.
Albee asked for divorce from Mrs.
Afbee because, as be alleged, she had
for more than a year last past "con
Quoted herself in such manner as to
destroy the happiness of your petitioner
and defeat the purposes ofthe marriage
by and because of her lack of
affection for your petitioner and final
on her part of his bed.
and that any and all reconciliation
between them is utterly impossible be
cause defendant hath. ,Willfpuy
deserted plaintiff for one year last past,
and stillcontinues such desertIon.n (
Mr.. ALBEE SAYS Tx '--
in his complaint that he and his wife
married in Pittsk1sgs Ps!l July 10th,
1867; that two children were born as
the result of their union. He also
makes the prompt land cheerful
oath that he now is and for
mencement of these proceedings
has been an actual and bona fide resi-
dent of Salt Lake County, Territory of
Utah, and within the jurisdiction of
this COURT This complaint is sworn
to before J. G. Lawrence, notary public,
New York, august 4th 1854. ~ \ !,
Mr.. Blandin filed his complaint, and
went away rejoicing Undue time the
summons was issued to the wife, and
was returned ,unse-yed by the sheriff.
The next step, that of obtaining an
order of publication of ythe summons,
was then made by Mr.. Blandin. 1t ap-
pearing that thefwife was a resident of
Reading or Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
the summons was duly published in the
Weekly Ne,Os, but no response came
from the wife, as 1t was never intended
PEE pf6e s esGaP time hsang elapsed, Mn
Blandin appears, Aandld6mands in the
name of the husband, decree of di-
yoree by default. Panic seizes him Hhen
Judge Smith demands that the husband
apggar ig p person t and give pr99t that he
husss, being 5000 HailessawaT and
being bout as much a<esiaent oDtah
as hes asu tie III SticEE gircl& cap
not do. The judge then refuses t6lhear
the case.
Mr.. BLANDIN'S NEXT MOVE
was to applyd6h No4en1ber 1ak, 1884,
for removal of the case to the District